Harmy said:

I see your point none but if we start demanding the "original" version of the end credits, while the other one was also made in 77 and is pretty much the same and definitely doesn't effectively change the film in any way, we would be totally playing into the cards of those who claim we are lunatics.

I actually believe that if there were two different versions during the original theatrical run, the most true original is the one that was most widely seen.

So would that be the 77 version and its release in foreign markets, or the 1981 version released many more times than the original before the 1997 changes were made.

They are identical except for the roll up being different and the starfield replacement as far as i know, i don't count minor fixes/changes to the credits as a change in the films story or soundtrack.

The 81 version is for all intents and purposes the same film, unless you are a greater nitpicker than me.

Lucasfilms made a virtual 77 DVD by editing the original crawl onto the existing gout video. The sourced footage looks like better condition than the rest of the movie.

The 1993 mix is fairly close to the 77 stereo mix but not close enough for me. Then put on the dvd in poor 2.0 dolby instead of PCM as the laserdiscs,lol.